— Red Sox manager Alex Cora is sticking
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BOSTON (AP) with David Price http://www.philliesfanproshop.com/authentic-chase-utley-jersey , saying Wednesday the left-hander will start Game 2 of the AL Championship Series against Houston despite an unprecedented history of playoff struggles.Speaking on MLB Network radio a day after the Red Sox eliminated the Yankees from the AL Division Series, Cora said he plans to use Chris Sale in Game 1 of the best-of-seven series that begins at Fenway Park on Saturday night. The first-year manager said Price, the loser in the Red Sox only defeat in the ALDS, is still in line to start Game 2.“We trust him,” Cora said last week after Price allowed three runs and got just five outs in a 6-2 loss in Game 2. “He bounced back before. We’ll talk to him and make a few adjustments and we’ll go from there.”Nathan Eovaldi and 2016 AL Cy Young Award winner Rick Porcello are expected to start Games 3 and 4, after picking up wins in the same roles against the Yankees. The current Red Sox staff entered the series with a 0-19 postseason record as starters, and now everyone but Price has picked up a win. Price has won two games in relief.In all, Price is 0-9 as a starter in the postseason and his team has lost all 10 of his career playoff starts, the longest such skid in postseason history. The latest was a five-out cameo in Game 2 against the Yankees in which he gave up homers to Aaron Judge and Gary Sanchez.But Cora expressed confidence in Price afterward Richie Ashburn Jersey , claiming that Astros ace Justin Verlander and Red Sox Hall of Famer Pedro Martinez also struggled in the playoffs early in their careers. He also noted that Price pitched well out of the bullpen last year, making two appearances with 6 2/3 innings of scoreless relief against Houston.Verlander had a 5.57 ERA through his first eight playoff starts, but he won three of them; Martinez struggled in the 2003 and early in the 2004 postseason but had already posted a win in his playoff debut in 1998 and threw 18 shutout innings over three appearances in 1999.Price said after his start he will pitch in any role that helps the team.“I just want to win. That’s it,” Price said after his ALDS start. “My main goal is to win in the playoffs, to win a World Series. … And whatever I need to do to help us do that, I’m fine with. But I know I’m more than capable of winning games as a starter in October. That’s what I look forward to doing.” JUPITER, Fla. (AP) — Veteran reliever Sergio Romo believes Miami’s rebuilt roster can become his fountain of youth.“I think the youth here gives me energy, gives me confidence that I can still play because I’m with them every day,” Romo said. “Yesterday we were running and Chuck Klein Jersey , yeah, they beat me, but they didn’t beat me by much.”Miami bucked the trend of clubs filling bullpens with fireballing relievers by signing the 35-year-old right-hander and his 85-mph fastball to a one-year, $2.5 million contract on Friday. Romo employs an array of curves and sliders to set up a fastball that arrives at the plate at the same speed as many major leaguers’ change-ups.“It’s 85, but it’s coming hot,” said Romo, who will become the second-oldest Marlin should 37-year-old Curtis Granderson make the club out of spring training.Romo saved 84 games for San Francisco from 2008 to 2016, winning three World Series rings. After a year with the Dodgers, he spent the past two seasons with Tampa Bay http://www.philliesfanproshop.com/authentic-jimmy-foxx-jersey , recording 25 saves for the Rays last season.The Marlins, Braves and Mets were among the teams that scouted Romo during the offseason in the Mexican winter league.“This is one of the teams where I said, ‘Man, I kind of fit there,'” Romo said of the Marlins. “If they gave me a shot I think I can do some pretty cool things there.”Brad Ziegler and Kyle Barraclough led Miami with 10 saves apiece last season. The Marlins traded the now-retired Ziegler to Arizona near last year’s trading deadline, and traded Barraclough to Washington in October.Romo joins righty Drew Steckenrider (five saves in 2018) and lefty Ed Conley (three saves last season) as options to close games for Miami.“I don’t think we have that one guy,” Marlins manager Don Mattingly said. “We don’t have the Kenley Jansen, the guy that would profile as the guy, so I think we have to put these guys in the best situation to get three outs.”Mattingly would prefer not to jump on the trend of using a reliever as an “opener” for games Darren Daulton Jersey , electing instead to continue the development of the Marlins’ young staff, though Romo said he discussed that topic with the club before he signed.Romo, who started five games last season for the Rays, called the prospect or reprising his opener role “intriguing.”“When it comes to the whole staring bit, I don’t know if I can throw five innings every fifth day — at the minimum five innings every fifth day,” Romo said. “I do know as an opener I can throw you five innings in five days — that type of stuff.”
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